Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1975-06-19
1976-09-07
Wood, Jr., M. H.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
267 64B, B60G 1126
Patent
active
039791343
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle suspension system for use in operatively supporting the road engaging wheels on an automotive vehicle, the suspension including a pair of suspension struts each of which includes an elongated tubular pressure cylinder, a valved piston reciprocally disposed within the cylinder and connected to one end of a piston rod which extends axially from the cylinder, a rod guide disposed at one end of the pressure cylinder for supporting the piston rod for reciprocal movement, an elongated reserve tube arranged concentrically around the pressure cylinder, with one end of the reserve tube extending axially beyond the axially outer end of the rod guide and having the terminal end portion thereof deformed radially inwardly over the portion of the rod guide, a wheel spindle located at the opposite end of the strut from the rod guide and including a first portion fixedly secured to the outer periphery of the reserve tube and a second portion removably secured to the first portion and adapted to support a vehicle wheel thereon, and a helical coil spring extending around a portion of the strut and supported at one end by a spring support plate fixedly secured to the reserve tube.
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patent: 3104119 (1963-09-01), Long
patent: 3589701 (1971-06-01), Gee
patent: 3810611 (1974-05-01), Ito
patent: 3811664 (1974-05-01), Spinks
Keijzer Johan H.
Maes Gery O.
Carroll John A.
Monroe Belgium N.V.
Wood, Jr. M. H.
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